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Crazy isn't it , used is definitely the way to go , a guy at work spends that kind of money on speakers , he's lending me some cables to try out to see if I notice any difference , he's not told me what they are so if they make a difference I'm hoping they're not expensive

Decision made marantz is staying , audioengine B1 does what it says on the box, delivers high quality sound via Bluetooth but there's a noticeable difference between Spotify extreme and tidal lossless, so much so that I'll be cancelling Spotify

Careful with the expectation bias, we are all susceptible to it when expecting better things. Whilst there is a case for a well made, secure fitting cable the reality is no company has ever been able to provide any objective evidence to support the argument that expensive cables sound any different from their much cheaper cousins. A great example is the Chord advert from some years ago. When pushed to prove it, they couldn't and had to remove the advert as it was deemed misleading. See here https://www.asa.org.uk/rulings/the-c...14-274211.html Any possible sound quality difference in the digital world is even more ridiculous than in the analogue one. The idea of digital sound or vison being altered by a cable is technically impossible, the signal is transferred in ones and zeros and either arrives or it doesn't, there is no grey area. Anyone moderately literate with the way data is transferred will attest to the same. Good luck in your listening test and let us know how you get on!

Originally Posted by Wack61

Crazy isn't it , used is definitely the way to go , a guy at work spends that kind of money on speakers , he's lending me some cables to try out to see if I notice any difference , he's not told me what they are so if they make a difference I'm hoping they're not expensive

I've got Sonos but if I want to listen to the music I'm a headphones man. I did see one of these in a shop in London a few months ago and it sounded very good but impossible to tell just how good in that environment. It's quite mesmerising seeing it move to the music.